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OTW Events

The Organization for Transformative Works is proposing February 15 as International Fanworks Day! Mark your calendar for this day to celebrate all the iterations of fanworks around the world. Details to come!

You are cordially invited to a Fanlore editing chat for questions, discussions, or just to talk about Fanlore editing, on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 6:30pm UTC (in your time zone), in the Fanlore chat room on Campfire.

Transformative Works and Cultures No. 20 will be an open, unthemed issue, and general submissions are welcomed. Fans are particularly encouraged to submit Symposium essays (pieces of 1,500-2,500 words that provide insight into current developments and debates). Submission guidelines are available.

Fanlore’s Stub September encourages fans to contribute their expertise to the site. A stub is an article on Fanlore that is under-developed and missing important information. Right now, there are over 1,600 pages on Fanlore already identified as stubs. You’re invited to use the list to find a page where you know something about the topic, and edit the page to add your new information. Need help getting started? The Wiki Committee will host an editing party on Sunday, September 14, at 19:00 UTC.

Keen to add your fannish memories to Fanlore but not sure where to start? Need your hand held as you make your first wiki edits? Or keen to share your skillz as an experienced Fanlore editor? Join Fanlore staff in the Fanlore chatroom for an editing party! You'll be able to get help making your first forays into editing Fanlore, toss around ideas for new pages, and ask questions. Everyone is welcome!

Join them on Saturday, 19 April, beginning at 20:00 UTC. The end time is still to be determined but you can see when the start time is in your timezone.

OTW's Open Doors committee will be holding two public chats on Campfire (the online chat platform the OTW uses) in order to discuss the import of the Yuletide archives to the AO3. The second will be held on May 4, 1am UTC (see when the chat is held in your timezone)

Open Doors will provide a link to the OTW’s public discussion chatroom in a reminder post on or before the date of the chat.

OTW's Open Doors committee will be holding two public chats on Campfire (the online chat platform the OTW uses) in order to discuss the import of the Yuletide archives to the AO3. The first will be held on April 26, at 4pm UTC (see when the chat is held in your timezone)

Open Doors will provide a link to the OTW’s public discussion chatroom in a reminder post on or before the date of the chat.

Here at the OTW, preserving fannish history is a central part of our mission! We're proud to be able to offer fans a place to host their works on the Archive of Our Own, and tell their own fannish histories on Fanlore. This month, bring us fannish April showers by digging out those old zines, memories of past cons, archived personal webpages, tales of shipwars and fannish events, works on slowly-decaying archives, and more! Upload your old works to the AO3 and tell your tales on Fanlore.

Four events that will focus on fanworks while celebrating the OTW's project milestones will be held in March 2014. Starting on March 8, each Saturday will feature a discussion on "The Future of Fanworks" with a variety of special guests.

March 8: Live chat with fan studies scholars on "The future of fanworks" from 1600-1800 UTC
March 15: Live chat with fans on "The future of fanworks" from 0200 - 0400 UTC
March 21-24: Q&A posts with copyright practitioners and scholars on "The future of fanworks."
March 29: Live chat with entertainment industry representatives on "The future of fanworks".